The issue with a stacked defense is that even though the right decision is to swap Holl for Lil, it is more likely that Keefe uses the excuse of stacked defensive depth to run an 11-7 lineup
I'd fire Keefe and put Manny in charge
I'd rather buck the trend and give the job to a guy who doesn't need NHL training wheels.
It's almost like Keefe force fed the 11/7 scheme down the finish line to ensure he'd have a spot for Holl.
From memory, some are absolutely his fault. He's played horrible. Admittedly, some weren't entirely his fault and were the result of bad goaltending or poor play by other players. But even on those plays, he was often out of position, or got turned around, or showed no instincts to cover another player, etc.
Reduce your standards low enough and find a bunch of obscure blogger stats and you'd be surprised how many good players you can find. That's basically what Dubas fanboys did with Holl.
Liljegren should have been playing in game 5 where Keefe could at least control the matchups. Now if he plays game 6, he's putting Liljegren in a tough spot but the change has to happen.
I wouldn’t have had him in the lineup to start the playoffs, when role is factored in he’s at best our #7 and probably #9 in terms of actual talent. But knowing he started, I would have for sure scratched him by game 2, it was pretty unacceptable the way he got embarrassed by Perry on his very first shift of the game, that was not NHL calibre defence.
Yea, he made 3 mistakes in game 1 that lead to goals.
Personally I thought it was questionable starting him at all. I understood the reasons why Keefe made the choice but statistically Holl and Gio were the worst pairing on our team by and far, so to start and stick with them as a tandem was odd.
In fairness I do think the goals against thing is a bit misleading because he plays on the pk a lot. After rewatching the goals in this series most of the goals that he's been on the ice for on the pk didn't have anything to do with him. He did legitimately play bad in game 1 and 5 though.Personally I thought it was questionable starting him at all. I understood the reasons why Keefe made the choice but statistically Holl and Gio were the worst pairing on our team by and far, so to start and stick with them as a tandem was odd.
Lili and Gio on the other hand are pretty good.
Holl being on the ice for like 80% of the goals against his pretty sketchy. Keefe comment to that regard of he's not the only one in the ice is true but when Holl is the direct cause of those goals, or the majority of them, by either a bad read or not being in position,
After Game 3.
That idiot play he made right after we opened the scoring in game 5 and had all the momentum, should have had the cops remove him at gunpoint.
